GAME OF CLONES
Glennville, Georgia, is a city known for three things: farming crickets, the 1,000-plus capacity Smith State Prison and – for one week only – it’s where Will Smith is spending his nights shooting future soldiers off rooftops. Everyone in town knows it. It’s difficult not to when the deafening sound of bullet fire can be heard for miles around. But no one minds being kept awake ’til the witching hour to accommodate Gemini Man’s anti-social schedule. In fact, hundreds of the city’s 3,500 population are patiently waiting on the sidelines, hoping for a glimpse of a superstar or, if they’re lucky, a visit from the Fresh Prince himself.
‘THE ADRENALINE REQUIRED IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH. IT’S ULTIMATE FILMMAKING. YOU’RE SO SPENT EVERY DAY’
ANG LEE
“The town has fallen in love with Will,” says über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who sidles over to , camera in hand, to snap the sea of people who’ve been gathered for hours. At least they’re getting a good show. For the Savannah leg of ’s globetrotting shoot (which will take in Cartagena, Budapest and a performance capture ‘volume’, before they’re done), the film’s production team has converted a long-abandoned high street into a, well, slightly less abandoned high street, constructing an off-licence, flower shop and hardware store and rigging them with enough explosives for the firefight to
